[Az-Geocaching] (no subject)

[Roping The Wind]

Howdy all,

I very rarely EVER have WAAS turned on. I always thought my GPS's were 
accurate enough to get me to a cache without it, so I just simply never 
turned it on! I really didnt notice that much difference with or without 
WAAS. Now, if I stood in a location, marked a waypoint, walked away and came 
back... yea, I would say with WAAS on that I got a bit better accuracy. But, 
when dealing with numerous factors involved in geocaching (the cache owners 
GPS accuracy or my own), the coordinate arent going to be 'right on' 
anyways. Now, I dont know how much more battery the WAAS feature turned on 
takes... but I know the manual says I save battery life with it off, so I 
just always kept it off!

Curious to know if anyone has really tested the results of battery life with 
WAAS and without it. Does it make that big of a difference? Does WAAS on 
really use alot more battery power?

Now, with my 60C.. battery usage is not an issue. It gets nearly 30 hours on 
two new AA batteries!

Of course, as Scotti mentioned, you could go get some rechargables and never 
have to worry about battery life! Just recharge them! :)  I have seen some 
good deals on NmH batteries and charger sets (usually 4 batts and a 
charger). I have been wanting to get a set of NmH for a while now. But, I am 
stil using these old NiCads from 3 years ago!!!!!!!!  They dont last nearly 
as long as they used to, but they still work!!! So I havent been motivated 
enough to buy new batteries yet! :) LOL

Scott
Team Ropingthewind



>From: Jim Scotti <jscotti at pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU>
>Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] (no subject)
>Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:47:28 -0700 (MST)
>
>Hey Chelby,
>     My Legend seems to eat batteries a bit faster than it used to as well,
>but I've been using NiMH rechargeables since day one, so it doesn't hurt so
>much.  There are some options in the Legend that do use more energy, like
>enabling WAAS, and using the backlight (sorta obvious...) amongst others.
>My NiMH lasts probably around 8 hours, though I haven't actually timed it
>recently, but it does seem shorter than it used to be.  I've been using
>mostly the 2300 mAh Energizers lately.
>
>Jim.
>
>On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Michelle Chelby Geiss wrote:
>
> > Hey guys!  Ya, I'm quiet...but I always am lurking!
> > I have an etrex vista (not color) that is eating batteries!  I have to
> > change them every few hours!!!! UGH!  Anyone have any ideas?  Some
> > option that I should maybe turn off?  I am at a loss!  I have tried
> > good brand name batteries, cheap batteries, made sure they were fresh
> > batteries.  I just don't know!
> >
> > Glad to see this thing is fixed, I missed lurking!
> >
> > Chelby
> > Team desertSol
> >
> >
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>University of Arizona
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